Merchant of DeFi
@MerchantOfDeFi
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Believer in open, accessible, affordable finance for all. DeFi is for everyone. Let's make it more inclusive, one tx at a time
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he's using crypto 100%
Putin’s ‘Merchant of Death’ is back in the arms business. This time selling to the Houthis.
Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,"
#merchantofdeth
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So the Epoch 3 of $tip from
@tipcoineth
has finally started.
How's the temperature looking? I have a feeling that despite many facing issues, we will still see a lot of
#tip
hungry people chasing those 5k rewards they saw.
LFG!
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If
@tipcoineth
airdrops you $100, $1000, or even $10,000? How will you spend it, and how will your actions differ based on the amount?
Regardless of the amount, I'm set on investing it but the specific tokenized asset class I choose will depend on what's hot (rly want more $RWA)
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Rise and grind, Tipsters!
It's confirmed! 8 AM UTC is the new
@tipcoineth
reset time. Reset your mindset and restart your grind!
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@tipcoineth
Epoch 2 is about to end. Be sure to $tip or
#tip
in quotes, reposts and replies to participate
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Day 3 of epoch 3
@tipcoineth
! Craft your most creative $tip tweets and I'll mention them, but make sure they appear on your mentions tab, as the site is under a huge load and misses some.
Aiming for 100m, but I still need your help!
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Friday
@tipcoineth
reset! Let's start posting again. Fingers crossed that the issues are all resolved and won't repeat yesterday's nightmare.
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Dying in your bed many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our followers that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our
@tipcoineth
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DDYK Merchant of Death, a notorious arms dealer, was intimidated by people, but extremely polite? He was known for never forgetting a $tip. DeFi has nothing to do with the illegal gun trade, but being polite is important. Follow the lead of MerchantOfDeFi and always
@tipcoineth
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I've made it to the
@tipcoineth
leaderboard!
#125
right now, with lots of room to grow. I'm climbing quickly, thanks to consistency. Don't give up when your quotes don't get registered, keep posting! Thanks to everyone helping with $tip and a special thanks to:
@teddi_speaks
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UPDATE!!
@tipcoineth
has had frontend issues this weekend. First, point updates stopped, then many points went away and the website showed a smaller point number. Yesterday, it wasn't showing the reset, but it happened, as new quotes and tweets were recorded.
All issues are due
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Tipsters, my quotes aren't registering on
@tipcoineth
! I think I've reached the limit and the real limit reset is at 12 PM UTC, like it was before.
Here's what I think happened:
-Yesterday, I posted 13 quotes, but 3 of them were before 12 PM UTC, probably using Saturday's
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Cryptocurrency tips, a SocialFi trend
@tipcoineth
helps the world transcend
CT, take note, it's here to stay
With
@MerchantOfDeFi
, leading the way
With a tap and a swipe, Tips are sent with love
From one creator to another, A gift from above
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Which cryptocurrencies would you prefer to use when leaving a $tip in real world? Do you already $tip your favorite influencers?
I'm talking about all the tips, not just
@tipcoineth
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I'm committed to finding the best frens for 3,3 bonds, but my mission doesn't end there. Once you're in my circle, I'll help you forge strong, sticky bonds so we all stay tight.
I believe that our relationships should extend beyond FriendTech, so I've turned on notifications for
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Points are back
@tipcoineth
!!
I've got a nice 113th place right now, still a lot of time remaining hopefully I can get to the Top100!
Big thanks to:
@teddi_speaks
@swannynfteth
@jalaal_tweets
@MetaBlind
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With around 300-400M points already allocated in
@Blast_L2
, let's assume no new users join and points continue increasing at the same rate. If you have 10k points now, you'd have 200k points if the total 20xs and reaches 6-8B points.
Arbitrum's FDV is 10B with 2B TVL. Blast's
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Hope you had great points!
@friendtech
I know I did! Finally reached the diamond rank. 848 points this week, which is around 92-94 PPE. I've been keeping my usual activity and didn't sell any keys, bought a bit ~5% of PV.
I think
@0xRacerAlt
is really trying to incentivize
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Great writeup. I think SocialFi can boost these numbers even more, especially the numbers of active users.
Unfortunately many people who farm protocols like
@Portalcoin
don't end up as DeFi users. We need new game changers that will bring the airdrop farmers to DeFi - help them
1/9 So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $1.5T today.
But have we *earned* it?
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Be careful! Same shit with
@aerodromefi
as well.
Is it just a straightforward private key request or something more intricate, like approving a different contract?
I've dodged a fair share of hacks, but a FE attack has eluded me. I've stumbled upon the "insert private key"
Our frontend is currently compromised. Please do not interact with Velodrome for the time being. The team are investigating and will communicate more here when we have it.
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Oh, really, a safe word? How safe can it be when a quarter of your holders are your own alts? Or are you going to say they're not your alts, just some random thirty real people who happened to buy you for cheap 1-2 months ago and didn't 3,3 NO ONE ELSE BESIDES YOU.
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It's been two weeks, and today is Day 15 of my mission to climb the FT(3,3) leaderboards on
@friendtech
:
During my travels, I bonded with many top 3,3ers at my level. I'm heading home today, and I'm excited to continue my journey.
Below, you can see the top users on
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Happy points day
@friendtech
!
I've got a whopping 814 points, which is at least 95 PPE based on the snapshot's PV.
This is a big bump from last week's 65 PPE. What did I do differently? Not much, really.
I didn't sell many keys, just a couple of spite sells. But I did make
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You say L2 like it's one Blockchain, the issue is that there's too many of them and that can be confusing.
Cross-chain can help so betting on L0 has its benefits. E.g. I don't think
@Portalcoin
would have gotten the audience it got if it didn't choose L0
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Over the weekend, I spent my time graphing ALL
@friendtech
3,3 bonds on Gephi to share some insights with you ⬇️🧵
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GM! Back to the grind, but have you reached the
@tipcoineth
limit yet? Not all
@tipcoineth
issues are bad. My quotes and replies are registering over the limit, and others are having the same issue.
I think the reset happened, but it's just another display issue. Remember, the
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If you're farming anything in Ethereum and its L2s, there's a high chance you can also participate in the
@turtleclubhouse
. All you need to do is sign in, and you will start accumulating points.
Explainer thread 🧵
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Tipsters, the
@tipcoineth
quote limit is broken again! Just like yesterday, you can go over the limit to 11 QTs. Remember, the only limits are in your mind. True grind has no limits!
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Day 25 of my mission to climb the FT(3,3) leaderboards on
@friendtech
It's been 10 days since my last update, but it feels like much longer. I've made significant progress on FT analytics and helping my 3,3 bonds, and I'm even closer to my initial goal!
When I last updated, I
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@teddi_speaks
Please talk about mentions not recording properly. Everyone's experiencing this problem and would like to understand better the problem. What causes it? Is it a huge load of tweets on the
@tipcoineth
system? Or perhaps posts just getting flagged?
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Less than 2.5 hours remaining until Epoch 2 of the $tip coin ends. This epoch has the biggest airdrop allotment - 20%!
There were issues, sure. For me original tweets weren't registering until now. I heard others faced issues with quotes and replies. But now it works and..
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This thread serves as the ultimate guide to
#EIGEN
farming.
@eigenlayer
promises to deliver the most significant airdrop of 2024, with its Total Value Locked (TVL) already surpassing $7B.
🪡🧵⬇️
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If you haven't got where to put your bridged ETH, this undervalued new protocol is an option
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Blast Off!
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CT is full of alpha, you just don't see it
Being early to alpha makes all the diff, to secure it, you must track users who share gems deep from the trenches
Forget the typical 100k follower KOLs, what they share is rarely early, and you'll be lucky not to enter at the top
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I've been updating my 3,3 progress on
@friendtech
, now it's time to share more about the process. I'll avoid too many details to prevent frontrunning of my next 3,3 bonds, but I can share some things about
@0xBreadguy
's famous queries.
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Chief Legal Officer of Grayscale:
1/ Recently, there’s been a lot of chatter about spot
#Ethereum
ETFs. I personally am not deterred by it and believe the ETFs should be approved. But right now I want to talk about how I think perceived “lack of SEC engagement” should be viewed at this point:
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Day 11 of my mission to climb the FT(3,3) leaderboards on
@friendtech
:
Still traveling and still bonding! Managed to break 0.2 ETH, and it's hard to believe that I just started at 0.03 ETH.
-Total bonds made: 61
-Quality score: 60.5
-I have around 0.9 ETH of free liquidity
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Don't forget
@tipcoineth
Don't forgot to link your Ethereum wallet to
@tipcoineth
official site
I am ready to go 🔥
final days of epoch 3
Show some love 👇👇
Like Repost Quote comment $tip
@tipcoineth
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Users who ranked at the top of the sorted list:
@0xAnteater
@BullpenFi
@hyooktrades
@ufukaltinok
@SweetcheeksReal
@case_0x
@itsk1cks
@obsidian_cap
@SilvXBT
@meowphasaurus
@rektOracle
@Defi_Isaac
@defi_monk
@DeFiCollective_
@cousinape
@Y0lkix
@nomos_paradox
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Points day again!
@friendtech
Got 825 points this time, a tiny bit lower as my key supply dropped by two. Still had some net positive buys this week and I rose in rank again.
Roughly 85 PPE, matching the narrative of a ~10% decrease this week. This seems to be true from what I
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First weekend of FT v2 Club Trading
Saturday started off slowly but by Sunday the club trading went into full force. Meme clubs rose up along with a couple of quality topic clubs gaining traction. KOLs launching their own tokens have topped the trader PL leaderboard, but some
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Next week:
Monday $FT
Tuesday $KMNO and $RENZO
Wednesday $BLUR szn 2
Have a nice weekend
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Day 5 of my mission to climb the FT(3,3) leaderboards on
@friendtech
:
-During the first few days, I made mostly unarranged bonds. With the price of unarranged bonds increasing, I started arranging more bonds. This led to some rushing to buy, leaving me with only +0.75 to my
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Loving the
@ethena_labs
airdrop! Already jumped into the new Pendle pool, minted some YT and PT tokens. Still pondering which ones to hold onto 🤔
Btw, the new Pendle pool hit 5M/100M cap, far from reaching the cap because not on the UI yet, but I gotchu:
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People mourn CZ's resignation, don't think we will see the same attitude towards this guy.
The
@friendtech
future can actually be bright
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Shared about
@ajnafi
earlier—TVL nearly $20M, yet mcap only $1.4M.
Fresh token, kicked off strong with reserve auctions. Sold some pre-farmed tokens for a neat 30k profit. No more selling at these prices, aiming to accumulate.
Check out cool stats on the dashboard (made by
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@jvs_btc
Everyone should simply use a proxy wallet just for transfers. You can transfer between the CEXs and 'your other wallets'. Sure you'll pay a little bit of gas but no one will have to know who is the owner of the other wallets
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Don't fade
@blackwing_fi
while it's early, deposit at least a small amount, this is giving me big FDV airdrop vibes
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Yesterday, after my FT airdrop misplay, I directed my focus towards clubs
There was a huge lag between creating club and it appearing on the app, so I focused on the ones that didn't go through yet and started sniping
Grinded 5 hrs non stop, digging through the chain
Results ⬇️
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Just got sandwiched for 0.5 ETH.
I traded some of my ETH for PT-ETH for a nice 40% APR and farming some points on
@Karak_Network
Unfortunately, the 40% APR in 2 months translates to the same 0.5 ETH that I lost. How? Simply missed the 5% slippage setting, which I changed when
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@turtleclubhouse
Alphas who make farming easy
@defi_monk
@obsidian_cap
@kenodnb
@mastermojo83
@saudi_biddor
@CC2Ventures
@Ian_Unsworth
@onchainsorcerer
@BobtheBuildooor
@AllThingsETH
@printer_brrr
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Cheapest way to farm 1k
@rainbowdotme
points:
Use your rainbow wallet to connect to
@friendtech
and buy 4 keys for less than a dollar. You can use something like binance to withdraw 5$ worth of ETH straight to your wallet in base base, that's more than enough for this.
There
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Day 3 of my mission to climb the FT(3,3) leaderboards on
@friendtech
:
-Yesterday did great, but then I saw some of my keys being dumped. In the end, I'm left with holders who have a maximum of two of my keys. This has reduced the risk and made it safer for my new 3,3 bonds.
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So
@ethena_labs
's USDe
@pendle_fi
pools on
@0xMantle
are also distributing EL points, contributing to the higher cost of YT tokens there. But does the math make sense? Let's check ⬇️🧵
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Today, two new Pendle pools for
@ethena
's USDe have emerged. Both share the same maturity date - July 25, yet reside on different networks.
While everyone's talking about two strategies, farming $ENA or securing the high fixed yield, what if I revealed another option?
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Tagging a few other grinders of this cycle who you must follow:
@SaulDataman
@AllThingsETH
@liftingasks
@jackbelsus
@0xBiggabbie
@BlockEnthusiast
@MarcoWorms
@RhettShipp
@kinder__x
@YakuzaDaddy
@teddi_speaks
@0xfernweh
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RUG WARNING:
Contract has a function setClaims() added which can pull all the ETH out.
DO NOT INVEST.
If you've added money, remove it now!
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The bull market might seem like a whirlwind, but have you ever experienced these frustrations?
Other chain coins surge while yours lag behind, CT hypes up the next big protocol but you're left in the dust, memecoins get PnD'd, and the airdrops you chase end up underwhelming 🧵
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After
@Cbb0fe
launched his Cartel Club, he jumped straight to the
#2
place, the launch earned him 18k $FRIEND from sandwiching the bots and raised his Unrealized PL up to 180k $FRIEND
I'm quite happy with my results, but can't compare myself to some other traders, here's the Top 9 by PL in $FRIEND:
@blknoiz06
@HsakaTrades
@yagamiofnft
@tummyy1
@kopatych42069
@Cbb0fe
@angel65535
@Ricecooker38
@JPEG_GREG
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1.5 months of crab and you're already questioning the value of crypto?
Thank God you weren't here during the last bear market
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I recently called out
@0xmasiwei
as suspicious for being held by some alts, but let me tell you a story about another one that's 10 times worse:
@lsp8940
Oh, really, a safe word? How safe can it be when a quarter of your holders are your own alts? Or are you going to say they're not your alts, just some random thirty real people who happened to buy you for cheap 1-2 months ago and didn't 3,3 NO ONE ELSE BESIDES YOU.
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Update on my mission to climb the FT(3,3) leaderboards:
Loaded 2 ETH extra liquidity, spent 0.4-0.5 ETH on new bonds, but sold some inactive keys, so I have almost 2 ETH liquidity for more bonds.
Key price rose to 0.081 and is staying at 0.077. This significant rise makes it
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Eth has won. Will make many mad, they will argue different technical specs, but while they're arguing, the devs are gonna be building on EVM and deploying on ETH and its L2s.
GG
Anyone saying that "rollup txs won't stay under 1c for long you just watch blah blah" is missing the bigger picture.
Even with a substantial increase from here due to blob competition or proving costs or a sharp rise in ETH price, etc. it doesn't matter.
What matters is that
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@tipcoineth
Epoch 2 has officially ended! I haven't made that many points because I'm a late joiner, but I can't complain for being late - the token and smart contracts are not even out yet!
Epoch 3 is starting so let's start to $tip
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I'm not gonna post anything about Runes, ordinals, BRC20s, puppets, etc. I've been ignoring this narrative soo long and am now committed to fading it
Best I can do is try not showing contempt or anger towards it, even though I can feel some brewing.
At least I hold some BTC..
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Day 9 of my mission to climb the FT(3,3) leaderboards on
@friendtech
:
I sent my last update from the airport, and I've been traveling in the UK since then. But that hasn't stopped me from making more 3,3 bonds and reaching the midpoint of my goal!
-Total bonds made: 52
-Quality
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I don't buy it
@tipcoineth
Quick $Tip 🔥
I have 10 Daily Quotes and we have just 7 hours left👀
Every interaction with this post
@tipcoineth
will be consider for Quote tweet 🫵
Engage every Quote you see on my timeline cause the community is coming for you
We begin in 10 minutes
@tipcoineth
Tip now👇
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ETH's resilience against dips and its BTC outperformance hints at one thing: insider trading. This happens a lot, particularly in the crypto. Blackrock's ETF rejections? Doubtful. Those close to Larry Fink likely receive tips. Ask yourself who's more in the know: Bloomberg
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There's an arbitrage play, buying $KEP from
@KelpDAO
and selling EigenLayer points on
@WhalesMarket
If you spend $5k on KEP at $0.11 and use $5k to back your sell on whales at $0.17 then when eigen drops, you're getting $7.4k for your sale + $5k back.
That's 24% return on
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@friendtech
Voting is crucial for earning points, so how can you boost your votes? The most efficient approach is the 3,3 strategy.
I'll return the favor to everyone who votes for my posts. Here's what you need to do:
1️⃣ Add me to your watchlist
2️⃣ Vote for my posts
3️⃣ Receive
Introducing the friendtech feed, a globally ranked text feed where users move posts up and down by casting votes.
Users receive votes to cast every day at 12pm ET based on their key prices.
Live now at
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While the community anticipates the cap increase for restaking LSTs on
@eigenlayer
, I've already delved into a double farming strategy with
@RenzoProtocol
.
Gathering both ezPoints and eigenlayer points by staking my eth on renzo and providing liquidity with an 80% ezETH and 20%
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Here's a
@tipcoineth
Epoch point is back ✍️
I’ll be pinning this up for more visibility 🫡
10,000
@tipcoineth
$Tip And we are done
Make sure to follow
@farmercist_eth
so I quote tweet you
Follow
@SkitosOnInj
the only NFT Fi on the social Fi trend
Send $Tip
Quote
@tipcoineth
Let’s go 👇👇👇
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Boost your crypto gains with a triple-play farming strategy! 🚀 Farm
#EGP
,
#SWELL
, and
#EIGEN
simultaneously with these steps:
1️⃣ Send ETH to
@swellnetworkio
for swETH points.
2️⃣ Stake swETH on
@Eigenpiexyz_io
for EGP rewards.
3️⃣ Relax! EigenPie auto-restakes your swETH,
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6 more months, well if you were late to the party it's a good time to join
Linea Surge will start in April. It will last for 6 Volts (6 months), or until we reach $3b in TVL. ⚡️
Users with existing liquidity prior to the start of the program will receive an early adopter modifier during the first Volt, increasing the LXP-L collected initially.
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133% APY Arbitrage opportunity with ETH:
1. Swap ETH for weETH on Arbitrum on
@odosprotocol
2. Bridge weETH to ETH Mainnet and wait 7 days
3. Unwrap and unstake weETH for 1.64% more ETH
Compounding 1.64% every 7 days gets you 133% APY
@phtevenstrong
I know you love arb
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I'm quite happy with my results, but can't compare myself to some other traders, here's the Top 9 by PL in $FRIEND:
@blknoiz06
@HsakaTrades
@yagamiofnft
@tummyy1
@kopatych42069
@Cbb0fe
@angel65535
@Ricecooker38
@JPEG_GREG
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